Martin Chuzzlewit : Introduction by William Boyd - Charles Dickens

Martin Chuzzlewit

Introduction by William Boyd

By: Charles Dickens, William Boyd (Introduction by)

Hardcover | 20 March 1995

At a Glance

Hardcover


$54.75

or 4 interest-free payments of $13.69 with

 or 

Aims to ship in 10 to 15 business days

(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
At The Center of Martin Chuzzlewit -- the novel Angus Wilson called "one of the most sheerly exciting of all Dickens stories" -- is Martin himself, very old, very rich, very much on his guard. What he suspects (with good reason) is that every one of Iris close and distant relations. now converging in droves on the country inn where they believe he is dying, will stop at nothing to become the inheritor of Iris great fortune.
Having unjustly disinherited Iris grandson, young Martin, the old fellow now trusts no one but Mary Graham, the pretty girl hired as Iris companion. Though she has been made to understand she will not inherit a penny, she remains old Chuzzlewit's only ally. As the viperish relations and hangers-on close in on him, we meet some of Dickens's most marvelous characters -- among them Mr. Pecksniff (whose name has entered the language as a synonym for ultimate hypocrisy and self-importance); the fabulously evil Jonas Chuzzlewit; the strutting reptile Tigg Montague; and the ridiculous, terrible, comical Sairey Gamp.
Reluctantly heading for America in search of opportunity, the penniless young Martin goes west, rides a riverboat, and is overtaken by bad company and mortal danger -- while the battle for his grandfather's gold reveals new depths of family treachery, cunning, and ruthlessness. And in scene after wonderful scene of conflict and suspense, of high excitement and fierce and hilarious satire, Dickens's huge saga of greed versus decency comes to its magnificent climax.
Industry Reviews
Martin Chuzzlewit is a dramatic serial on Masterpiece Theatre, a PBS television series presented by WGBH-TV, Boston, made possible by a grant from Mobil Corporation.

More in Classic Fiction

The Brothers Karamazov : A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Ghosts of August : Colonial Series Book 6 - Peter Watt
The Complete C. S. Lewis Signature Classics : Boxed Set - C. S. Lewis
The Lord Of The Rings : Deluxe Illustrated Edition - J. R. R. Tolkien

RRP $275.00

$162.25

41%
OFF
Dusk : New from the acclaimed author of Limberlost - Robbie Arnott
Ulysses - James Joyce

Paperback

RRP $22.99

$21.90

Dracula : Barnes & Noble Flexibound Editions - Bram Stoker
The Silmarillion : Illustrated Edition - JRR Tolkien

RRP $69.99

$47.35

32%
OFF
American Psycho : Picador Collection - Bret Easton Ellis

RRP $21.99

$21.50

To Kill A Mockingbird : Vintage Classics - Harper Lee
The Old Man and the Sea : Vintage Classics - Ernest Hemingway
The Picture Of Dorian Gray : Collins Classics - Oscar Wilde
The Stranger : Vintage International - Albert Camus

RRP $24.99

$23.75

Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales : Leather-bound Classics - The Brothers Grimm

RRP $49.99

$38.75

22%
OFF
The Hobbit - J R R Tolkien

BLACK FRIDAY

Paperback

RRP $17.99

$10.80

40%
OFF